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@anikeaten @bookstodon how cool.I would love to audit a writing class, just to be there.

@MugsysRapSheet @bookstodon ha!

@thelunaticmartin @bookstodon exactly.

@jendefer @bookstodon this is so cool.

@VoxOfGod @bookstodon That's the great thing about words: their flexibility.

@wcbdata @bookstodon I was so surprised I never heard of it.

@VoxOfGod @bookstodon no. That's a reasonable discernment. But, it's an actual literary form, with specific rules.

@MugsysRapSheet @bookstodon 😂

@GoblinQuester @bookstodon You really do have to limit that sort of thing. Only one of my in real life long term friends can write reasonably well.

@ReadingTheDots @bookstodon That is good. I was unaware of that.

@bookstodon I'm reading Uninhabitable Earth now, and to say it's sobering, is to understate it. This was published seven years ago. He didn't know when exactly we might reach 1.5°C of warming (we are at almost 1.4°C) but once we do, we will for sure hit 2 and probably higher than that. With feedback loops, exponential acceleration, and cascading effects, certain tipping points are hard to avoid. What we are trying to stop isn't Climate Catastrophe. What we are trying to avoid is the 6th ELE.

As the author predicted, instead of working together in a cooperative effort, we are instead entrenching ourselves in tribalism and what he calls "the climate caste system." It gives adherents a false sense of protection.

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

That being said, I find the book to be excellent so far, and never too academic. All concepts are communicated clearly by this author.

@oleastra @bookstodon I understand that. As others often do, I often have to stop one to tend to another that needs to go back to the library, and like you, I may have already started another book besides.

@RanaldClouston @oleastra @bookstodon This is so cool. Borges writes so wonderfully.

@oleastra @bookstodon wow. You've got a feast there.

@ariaflame @bookstodon I wish I could read The Fifth Season again, for the very first time.

@Edelruth @bookstodon yeah. I could feel that coming. Apparently her nuclear war scenarios were terrifying.

@djtoebeans @bookstodon I am always intrigued by writers who can collaborate.

@reay @alicemcalicepants @bookstodon @robinince That is very familiar, that feeling that you don't want an author's back catalog to end.

@alicemcalicepants @bookstodon @robinince Normally Weird sounds like it would resonate with everyone here! 😃

It sounds like you make careful and deliberate choices, and I admire that so much..

@VWDasher @bookstodon Absolutely!

@djtoebeans @bookstodon I think you will like ANXIETYLAND, especially if you yourself, or someone you know, has had the same experiences as the author.

I've not read Brandon Sanderson yet, but obvs. on my radar. Don't know Mercedes Lackey's work well, but def. heard of her. Does she write Hard Fantasy, in your view? I like to know what level of fantasy going in. I tend to gravitate to SFF, but I'm open to straight-up fantasy, too. Sounds like you have a strong line-up.

@sandsoftime5050 @bookstodon oh cool! I liked Thornhedge, and surprisingly enough, the story for kids: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, which was sweet.

@VWDasher @bookstodon Thank you. I know that reading goals can really help motivate a lot of readers, if the books they want to read are available.

The hardest part about reading goals for me, this year, is having no idea when the books I have on hold will become available. Sure, I have plenty to read in the interim, but I'm gonna ditch those in favor of the ones I'm waiting on, every time.

And it's killing me that it's too early to get in the hold line for upcoming books by:

Chuck Wendig
Alix E. Harrow
Nghi Vo
Silas House
Annalee Newitz
Min Jin Lee
Deeshaw Philyaw
Courtney Gould
Lydia Millet
Becky Chambers
Cassandra Khaw
Ayad Akhtar
Stephen Graham Jones
Alma Katsu
Naomi Alderman
Tananarive Due
Leigh Bardugo
China Miéville
Emily St. John Mandel
Jodi Picoult
Kate Atkinson
Ariel Lawhorn
R.F. Kuang
James Islington
Natasha Pulley
Alexandra Bracken
Téa Obreht
L. Penelope

I mean, that's a dynamite pack of author's new books to chase down. But, I'm ready

@umrk @bookstodon ooooooooh. GGM for the win!